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Farewell, My Missionary

Our lives were touched for once forever through a hallowed vision
the day ere thou wouldst heed the call to leave abroad for mission.
For there that moment, though I never saw thee ere that while,
did I not better know thee when I gazed beneath thy smile?
Yea, deep I sought beneath thy joy to witness deeper yet
the Spirit living in thy heart, the Lord Whom I have met.
Hence sing we forth His praises, thou my sister, I thy brother,
akin by blood through faith in Christ to love now one another.
For I have surely witnessed Christ, alive to work through thee,
and thou hast witnessed deep within the Lord Who lives in me.
What better love could mortals share? Immortal love we show
since, bound forevermore in Christ, we love the Lord we know.
~ by Michael Rew / Email: witness@psonnets.org

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